Obs. [f. FOR- pref.2 + LEAD v.] trans. To lead forward, lead before. Hence Forleading vbl. sb.

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a. 1300.  E. E. Psalter, cxxxi[i]. 17.

        Þethen sal I for-lede [Vulg. producam] David horn,
I grayhed lanterd to mi Crist þer-forn.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), I. 29. By such forledynge [L. his præviis] haue [lykynge] to leeue schrewednes and synne.

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